The day was evil, very evil, for a very ominous emperor who was in the middle of a far nefarious plot. The Space Rangers were flying around firing back at his hornets busy dominating the city surrounding them. Abruptly, a large mobile version of the ship flew in to the city limits firing at the drones then a Tangean form slipped in from beneath the belly of the ship, the side door opened, revealing the familiar form of the light blue Space Ranger with dark blue hair bearing a smirk.
To think this mess had arisen because of a bunch of cadets trying to smuggle out something that was equally valued as brainpods and grubs. It was quite a amusing thought that rang through the emperor's mind spotting his nemesis flying after the cadets followed by Booster and XR who followed his lead. He was building himself up to be a leader following the crystallic trail left behind by Buzz Lightyear. Zurg laughed, amused, as one of the cadets fired at the massive hornet right across from them that was hovering in the air then proceeded to fall.
Booster and XR made a split from the area that the machine was falling. Mira arrived to the cadets as the others covered the back of the cadets as the vessel's doors opened, "LEAVE IT BEHIND, CADETS!" roared the unlikely grouchy giant at the bickering cadets. The cadets fled into the ship with a round of explosives from the hornets firing after them. The evil emperor watched as the crew escaped the planet then shrieked.
"Curse you, Warp Darkmatter!" Zurg cried, shaking his fists.
"W. . . wh. . . why, Warp Darkmatter never left." was the comment by one of the flying hornets.
"What do you mean that he never left?" Zurg asked, surprised. "I. . you mean. . . that he actually got caught this time? By accident? Purely?"
"He is still here." was the reply.
"Bring me to him, then!" Zurg snapped is fingers, pleased.
"This way, Evil Emperor Zurg." was the hornet's reply that then flew off.
Zurg activated his lower bases's rocket mode then flew on after the hornet.
"I haven't had this happen in ages." Zurg tapped his claws together, gleefully, evil. "Capturing him, having the access codes to my disposal!"
The hornet paused in their tracks and shifted toward the emperor gesturing toward the wreckage.
"And here we are."
Zurg came to a pause in his tracks, his optics spotting a lone white hand sticking out of the rubble, then flew on quickly toward the area. He beckoned on the hornets, joining his side, taking off the rubble, piece by piece, irritated. The Ipsedan was hard to take down in contrast to Buzz Lightyear, anything could trap him, if only for a short while, while his partner proved elusive. If not better than Buzz Lightyear. It would at best take a building's collapse to get him pinned down according to most brainpods and the grubs debated against that insisting it would be the suit malfunctioning to get him to stand in one place. The evil emperor's argument believed simply grabbing him by the arm, right place, right circumstance, damaged wrist laser, best opportunity of capture.
Speaking of Buzz Lightyear. Zurg's entire world shattered, his vision blinded by heat, finding a shattered helmet coated in dark blue blood, the damaged chassis, the white uniform stained in blue. Nothing mattered in the greatest sense to him. It was a matter of mere minutes that the entire world was destroyed, clawing, tearing it apart, in the seams, until the evil emperor was standing outside of his recharge booth with the lab suffering great damage, his shoulders raising and lowering, his claws raised up, his audio synthesizer dimming on and off, his optics exhausted, darker.
"NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
The brainpods and grubs leaped in the tower from wherever they were at the sudden cry that echoed through it. The emperor clasped the side of his helm, trembling, hurt, distraught, terrified. The terrified mood lingered in the recharge chamber as the Woody Pride toy was knocked off the table by Zurg's long arm and smashed the table in rage. A few grubs ran to the recharge chamber, pausing in their tracks, witnessing the door be melted down in mere seconds, the emperor standing in the smoke drifting outside of the chamber as a ominous figure.
"WHERE IS WARP DARKMATTER?" Zurg picked up the nearest grub and tightly squeezed them.
"He is currently resting at Morph." was the report.
"How is his well being?" Zurg's grip became tighter.
"Al-al-alive, evil emperor Zurg." was the reply.
"WHERE IN THE GALAXY HAS HE BEEN?" he brought the grub closer to his helmet.
Another grub came out of the environment to add to the report.
"The cameras and bugs installed into Star Command have provided no answers since Commander Nebula was in contact with him."
Zurg dropped the grub to the ground feeling relief replace the terror.
"At least . . ." Zurg's shoulders lowered as he became calm. "Warp Darkmatter is alive."
Zurg picked up his Woody Pride toy from the chair then returned, for the plastic Buzz Lightyear toy, and finally departed. The grubs grew concerned, exchanging glances, regarding the behavior of the evil emperor. Brainpod 65 moved forward, concerned, quite troubled, for the emperor. In all the years working for the evil emperor, Brainpod 65 hadn't seen him in this heavy emotional restricted state before.
Brainpod 65 shifted toward the others. It was silent discussion, the grubs were concerned, as was brainpod 65. It was a sharp turn from the usual sleep, then again, these nightmares had started after Warp Darkmatter had gone missing and slowly been progressing in how often they happened. Normal was marked by silent rest, the evil emperor announcing abruptly that he had a evil plan to attempt, gleeful, riding the high of complete joy. Abruptly, a message came from the padd in brainpod 65's grip.
"He wants to transport the devil puppies to Star Command." Brainpod 65 said.
The grubs breathed a sigh of relief wiping off a fine bead of sweat as the concern melted off.
"What is he talking about?" Brainpod 65 was puzzled, lifting the gaze up, befuddled. "Did he just make that up at a whim?"
The grubs could only be silent over the confusion with grins.
"We haven't attempted making those creatures. Must have gotten that idea from the nightmare then."
It wasn't that bad of a nightmare, after all.
